• DocumentCode
    926745
  • Title

    Switching-time statistics for a ramp-excited tunnel diode switch (Corresp.)

  • Author

    Nelsen, Donald E. ; O´Neil, E.

  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    5/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    415
  • Lastpage
    418
  • Abstract
    An analytical model is developed which yields switching-time jitter statistics for a tunnel diode excited by a current ramp. For appropriate wide-band noise, a "switch sensitivity period" is defined over which a weighted average (a stochastic integral)of the noise specifies the deviation in the switching time. The predictions agree with experimental results.
  • Keywords
    Level-crossing problems; Semiconductor diode switches; Timing jitters; Tunnel-diode circuits; Circuit noise; Communication switching; Diodes; Jitter; Low-frequency noise; Statistics; Switches; Switching circuits; Viterbi algorithm; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1977.1055708
  • Filename
    1055708